Happy Halloween!

Halloween week ends on the blog but it’s been a lot of fun putting these videos together.

The first part of the video doesn’t have anything to do with Halloween.

I revisit my pull-up progress as I’ve been practicing 3 days a week for the past 3 weeks.

Remember my goal is to be able to do 20 by Thanksgiving, but I just wanted to gauge my progress and see if I could do 10 today.

The pull-ups went well, but I need to work on my form as I didn’t extend my elbows all the way at the bottom of the pull-ups.

The second part of the video shows you 10 more great exercises that you can do with a pumpkin.

Most of these were leg and cardio exercises, and I think you’ll enjoy.

If you actually do get a pumpkin and try these out, and you do me a favor?

Can you leave a comment on the blog and let me know what you think?

Thanks!

Have a great and safe Halloween

Scott

Halloween Week continues on the blog.

I thought maybe I should get a new look besides the funny hats and sunglasses for Halloween.

What do you think?

So I invited my friend Amy to go costume shopping at Party City.

I must say it was pretty crowded for the middle of the afternoon.

But it is the day before Halloween afterall, so I guess that could be expected.

Check out our trip to Party City.

Scott

Halloween week continues on the blog.

What are you giving out for Halloween?

Do you believe that you should be giving out chocolate to the neighborhood kids and make it a fun time for them?

Or do you like to give something healthier? Maybe apples or other fruits?

How about some mixed nuts or popcorn?

You’ll never guess what my parents used to give out when I was little?

Just watch the video and you’ll find out.

Plus take a sneak peek at what I’m giving out this year.

Don’t forget to share your comments and ideas right here on the blog.

What are you giving to the kids on Halloween?

Have an amazing day.

Scott

Halloween Week continues here on the blog.

So 3 years ago I put together a special report, called “Get PUMPed With A Full Body Workout Using PUMPkins“

It consisted of 11 exercises and 6 workouts you can do using only a pumpkin.

It landed me on Good Morning Texas on the ABC affiliate in Dallas and since then hundreds of trainers from all over the world have put together their own pumpkin workouts.

In fact, you can grab your Pumpkin Workout here.

Well today I want to show you 5 exercises which are great for the abs.

You can do these exercises at home. All you need is a pumpkin of course.

The cat is optional. Nomar felt the need to get in the video this time around.

Enjoy, and I would love for you to try these exercises out.

Go grab a pumpkin tonight and let me know what you think. Please leave a comment on the blog.

And for some more, quick fat loss workouts, check out these Four-Minute Workouts.

Have an amazing day.

Scott

It’s Halloween week on the Abs Expert Blog

We have a very special guest on the blog today, none other than Olivia Newton-John as she’ll show you how to get six-pack abs.

Remember her? I sure do, back in the 80’s with her song “Let’s Get Physical.”

Where Olivia must have changed careers along the way because now she’s exercising with pumpkins.

I know it sounds crazy, but check out both videos below. I’m not joking!

Check ‘em out!

Actually the role of Olivia Newton John was brilliantly played by none other than Holly Rigsby, author of the Fit Yummy Mummy. Thanks Holly.

Stay tuned more Halloween fun all week.

Watch this video first!!

So my buddy Jerry Hill of the Cross Fit Old Town TV Show watched my pull up videos and noticed a flaw in my pull up technique.

He said I was not standing underneath the bar enough when I was initially starting my pull ups.

In other words, the bar was out in front of me too much.

This caused my arms (the smaller muscles) to do a lot more of the work than my larger back muscles.

An inefficient and much harder way to do pull ups.  You need to get those larger back muscles more involved so you can crank out more reps.

I changed my technique as Jerry suggested and my pull up training is going much better.

I’ll keep you updated on my quest to 20 pull ups.

Scott

Did you know that a lot of foods you eat are covered in toxic substances?

Remember back in the day when you were told to not eat an apple with a worm hole in it?

Well what if your apple contained pesticides?  Would you eat it?

Well some apples and other foods DO contain pesticides, and you’re probably eating them.

What about organic foods?  Are they safer?

They may be, but a lot of people don’t buy organic foods because

1) they perceive organic foods to be too expensive (this isn’t always the case).  But isn’t your body and your health worth paying a dollar more for organic apples?

Heck you probably spend $5 almost every day at Starbucks as it is.

2) People think that pesticides are safe.  Otherwise they’d be banned.

Not so fast.  Smoking is not banned, but is it safe?  Heck no!

The reality is that a lot of your foods contain pesticides and they may lead to cancer and other harmful diseases.

We’ll explore this next.

Until then….

Have an amazing day.

Scott

I didn’t really like the bar I used for my initial pull up test because it was thicker than I’m used to, and that pull up bar is not convenient to my home.

So I went to a park closer to my apartment and re-did my max on the pull up bars there. They are actually monkey-bars.

I may buy a pull up bar so I can have it for my home. The pull up training is coming along slowly but surely.

Scott

Folks, I have a potential disaster looming on my hands.

I’ve often preached focusing and putting all your energy on one goal. Going after it, until you accomplish it, and then moving on to your next goal.

Well now, I’ve chosen not to follow my own advice.

I’m going after 4 performance goals at the same time:

Run a 6-minute mile, Bear Crawl 100 yards, 100 consecutive push ups, 20 consecutive pull ups

I have to train hard to reach each goal by Thanksgiving.

I’m a little worried though.

In particular I’m worried about the push ups and pull ups.

Both of them are upper body exercises, and will be taxing to my upper body muscles to train for each of those goals the next 6 weeks.

Perhaps I would have been better off choosing either pull ups OR push ups, but not both.

Potential disaster may be looming.

On the other hand, push ups are a pushing exercise and pull ups are a pulling exercise.

The two exercises work completely different muscles.

So potential disaster may be averted.

What do you think?

Can I train for both or am I crazy for doing so?

Please leave your comments as I would love to hear your advice.

In the meantime, check out an oldie but a goodie - the Pull Up Mania Video

One more thing. There are a couple days left to get into the Master Your Motivation 7 Day Coaching Program.

We start on Monday.

Have an amazing day.

Scott

Hey all - on Sunday I tested my performance in 4 categories:

1-mile run

Bear Crawl

Pull Ups

Push Ups

If you remember, my goals by Thanksgiving are to do a 6 minute mile, bear crawl 100 yards (length of soccer field), 100 consecutive push ups and 20 consecutive pull ups.

I tested myself yesterday, Sunday October 5th.

I ran a mile in 6 minutes, 15 seconds, I bear crawled about 60 yards, I did 6 pull ups and 52 push ups. So I have a bit of work to do.

Check out the video: I filmed it all!

Have an amazing day.

Scott